"Stóparnir" í Dufansdal

The article deals with the place name Stópar (or Stóbar) in Dufansdalur North-West Iceland. According to medieval text of Book Settlement (Landnáma), area around was settled by people Celtic origin. In sources, word stob refers ‘a small top, point or peak’, and is commonly seen hill names. A similar also exists Faroese, masculine noun stópur meaning ‘something that sticks out’ hill’. If account a settlement be believed, it not unlikely Icelandic Faroese share same